The Wolf of Wall Street

2013 | Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Actual Events Adaptation, Controversial

Synopsis

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Scores

Overall Score
95.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
99.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
97.5%
Review Aggregate
81.2

Critic Consensus

84.0% Fresh • 100 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 84% of 100 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, character-driven, gritty. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnycharacter-drivengrittystylizedhistoricalvisually strikingdarkchristmasscaryemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Leonardo DiCaprio2013$25,000,000 source$33,658,798reported
Jonah Hill2013$60,000 source$80,781reported
Margot Robbie2013$347,000 source$467,184reported
Matthew McConaughey2013$3,196,000$4,303,000(est)
Kyle Chandler2013$405,000 source$545,273reported
Rob Reiner2013$2,406,000$3,240,000(est)
Jon Favreau2013$2,160,000$2,908,000(est)
Jean Dujardin2013$1,967,000$2,649,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score79.0
RT critic review count283
Rotten Tomatoes audience score83.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating8.2
IMDb votes1,718,697

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$116,900,694$157,389,475
International2013$275,100,000$370,381,416
Worldwide2013$392,000,694$527,770,891

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2013$168,490,347$226,847,304
Digital Rentals ?2013$5,413,000$7,287,803
Digital Purchases ?2013$3,236,000$4,356,795
Physical Rentals ?2013$6,996,000$9,419,078
Physical Purchases ?2013$18,128,000$24,406,668
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$32,732,194$44,069,053
Total Revenues2013$234,995,541$316,386,701
Expenses
Budget ?2013$100,000,000$134,635,193
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$58,301,000 (est)$78,493,664 (est)
Participations2013$18,800,000$25,311,416
Residuals ?2013$3,728,000$5,019,200
Interest & Overhead2013$15,000,000$20,195,279
Total Expenses2013$195,829,000$263,654,752
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$39,166,541$52,731,949

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